Safety-catch for elevators.



No. 734,318. I PATENTBD JULY 21, 1903. J. GENISIO.

SAFETY CATCH FOR ELEVATORS.

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No. 734,318. PATENTED JULY 21, 1903.

J. GENISIO. I

I SAFETY CATCH FOR ELEVATORS.

APPLIOATION FILED 1'23. 21, 1903. no MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES enNIsIo, OF DUoUoIN, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR ELEVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,318, dated July 21, 1903.

Application filed February 21, 1903. Serial No. 144,462. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES GENIsIo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of -Du- V quoin, in the county of Perry and State of construction that will quickly and automatically operate to prevent the'falling of'the cage should the cable break.

I Will describe a safety-catch for elevatorcages embodying myinvention and then point out the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a safetycatch for elevator-cages embodying my invention; and Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the line :20 a; of Fig. 1, showing the parts in different positions.

Referring to the drawings, 1 2 designate the guide-bars for the elevator-cage,which guide-bars are provided with teeth? on their opposite sides. Movable between the guides is a frame from which the elevator-cage 4 is suspended by means of rodsf5. This frame consists of an upper bar 6and a lower bar Z, connected by rods 8. Arranged on opposite sides of the upper bar 6 are rock-shafts 8 9, the rock-shaft 8 having hearings in brackets 10, while the rook-shaft 9 has bearings in brackets 11. Similarshafts 12 13 are arrangedat opposite sides of the bar 7, the shaft 12 having bearings in brackets Hand the shaft and rocking therewith are outwardly-extended arms 20 and 21, which are pivotally connected to a clevis 22 by means of links 23, this clevis being provided with an eye to which the hoisting-cable is to be attached. Attached centrally to the shafts 12 13 and rocking therewith are downwardly-disposed arms 24 25, which are connected togetherby means of aspring26. 'From the clevis 22 a chain 27 extends to a connection with the upper bar 6 of the frame. To prevent material from falling upon a person or persons in the cage, Iprovidethe upper portion of said cage with guard-plates 28, which extend laterally, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The shafts 8 and 9 are respectively provided withdogs 29 30, which are rigid there'- with, for engaging with the ratchet-teeth of the guides, and the shafts 12 and 13 are-provided with dogs 31 32 for engaging with said teeth.

In the operation when the cage is drawn upward the parts will be in the'position indicated in Fig. 2that is, with the dogs out of engagement with the ratchet-teeth-and the strain will be on the chain 27. Should the cable break, the spring 26 through the medium of the links l8 19 will rock the several shafts to throw the dogs into engagement with the ratchet-teeth, thus instantly stopping the cage or preventing it from falling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In safety devices for elevators, the combination with vertical opposite guides within the'ele'vator-shaft, each provided on parallel faces thereof with ratchet-teeth, of a cage provided with a frame comprising parallel bars disposed one above the other and rigidly connected together, pairs of rock-shafts supported in bearings on opposite sides of each of said bars, said shafts having rigid dogs at their ends for engaging corresponding sets of said ratchet-teeth, rigid arms projecting from said shafts near the ends, and links movably connecting corresponding ones of said arms on each side of the bars, centrally-disposed rigid arms also projecting from each of the upper rock-shafts, a clevis to which the hoisting-cable for the cage is attached, mov- In testimony whereof I have signed my able connections between said last-named name to this specification in the presence of arms and said clevis, downwardly and centwo subscribing witnesses.

trally disposed arms rigid with the lower rock- J AHES GENISIO. 5 shafts, and a spring connecting these arms, Witnesses: the whole operating substantially as herein HARRY B. WARD,

shown and described. ANGELO GENIsIo. 

